GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| shove | to push along |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |